Transgenerational effects of Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on testicular germ cell associations and spermatogonial stem cells in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Doyle, Timothy J ^a   Bowman, Jennifer L ^a   Windell, Veronica L ^a   McLean, Derek J ^a   Kim, Kwan Hee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEHP; Environmental contaminants and toxicants; Male germ cells; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells; Testis; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; DI (2 ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTICIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DONOR; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

DEHP; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS AND TOXICANTS; MALE GERM CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSGENERATIONAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84880308894     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.106104     Document Type: Article

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